Combined claw hammer and wrench



Feb. 28, 1928; -,660,$36

- L. GILKS COMBINED CLAW HAMI VIER AND WRENCH Filed March 4, 1924-lll/Alilllllllll 1/177/ ilk .' and Patented Feb. 28, 1928.

LENOARD GILKS, or BRIDGEWATEB CENTER, MAINE.

COMBINED CLAW HAMMER AND WRENCH.

Application filed March 4, 1924. Serial No. 696,802.

This invention relates to hammers,-and its primary object is theprovision of a tool of this character having sockets in the lateralsides of its head, and having acurved surface extending from the innerends of its claw to the outer end of its head, the sockets permittingthe hammer to be used as a wrench, and the curved surface forming afulcrum upon which the hammer is adapted to be rocked when extractingnails.

The invention consists in the constructlon, combination, and arrangementof parts here inafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated inthe accon'ipanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a View in side elevation of a hammer constructed in accordancewith my invention, only a portion of the handle being shown;

Fig. 2 is a similar view looking at the opposite side of the hammer;

Fig. 3 is a view in end elevation of the hammer; V I

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the hammer;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 55of Fig. 1.

' Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 1 designates the head,2 the impact shank, 3 the eye, 4 the claw, and 5 the handle of a hammerconstructed in accordance with my invention; The outer end 6 of the head1 is fiat, and the impact shank 2 is offset inwardly from this end ofthe head. The claw 4 extends from the outer end 6 of the head 1 to andbeyond a plane coincident with the inner end of the head, and the slot 7of the claw terminates short of the head. The outer or that side of theclaw 4 which extends from the inner end thereof to the outer end 6 ofthe head 1, is curved as at 8 to provide, in conjunction with said endof the head, a fulcrum upon which the hammer is adapted to be rockedwhen extracting nails. As the impactshank 2 is offset inwardly from theouter end 6 of the head 1, and as the outer curved side 8 of the claw 4is of considerable length, due to the fact that it extends from theinner end of the claw to the outer end of the head, the fulcrum is ofsuch a character that comparatively long nails may be extracted withoutthe aid of blocks or other articles now employed to provide a fulcrum ofsuflicient altitude to extract nails of considerable length.

The head 1 is provided in one of its sides with a hexagonal socket 9 andin its other side with a square socket 10, and the handle inner sides soas to limit thedistance that a nut may enter either of the sockets.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, it should be apparent that I have provided a toolthat may be used either as a hammer, a nail extracter, or a wrench, thatthe tool is simple, durable, and efficient, and that the tool may bemanufacturedand sold at a comparatively low cost.

It should be understood that the drawing is merely illustrative and doesnot pretend to give exact proportions. F urthermore, the said drawing isillustrative of a preferred construction, it being my expectation thatvarious changes and modifications maybe made without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention.

What is claimed is A hammer comprising a head'having an eye extendinglongitudinally therethrough and provided in its lateral sides withpolygonal sockets, the sockets communicating with the eye and being ofdifferent contours for the reception of nuts, and a handle having an endportion thereof positioned in the eye and adapted to limit the insertionof the nuts into the sockets, and the handle bein provided with anopening registering wit and of less width than the sockets and adaptedto receive the projecting ends'of the bolts carrying the. nuts.

Intestimony whereof I afix my signature.

LENOARD GILKS.

